SPAIN-VOYNICH-BOOK-MYSTERY

Quality control operator of the Spanish publishing outfit Siloe Luis Miguel works on cloning the illustrated codex hand-written manuscript Voynich in Burgos on August 9, 2016. The so-called Voynich Manuscript, a small unassuming book usually stored in a Yale University vault, is one of the most mysterious books in the world, that a small publishing house in northern Spain has finally secured the right to clone. The precious document containing elegant writing and strange drawings of unidentified plants and naked women is believed to have been written six centuries ago in an unknown or coded language that no one -- not even the best cryptographers -- has ever cracked. / AFP / CESAR MANSO / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MARIANNE BARRIAUX - (Photo credit should read CESAR MANSO/AFP via Getty Images)